Visiting jane richardson's studio :)

Today I made a sculptural piece from one of my ideas in my sketchbook, I found inspiration from a tree trunk. I loved the knarly texture of it and wanted to repeat this on my sculpture. I rolled clay out onto a surface and then I pressed lots of different textures into the clay. These varied from seeds to plant heads and wood ash . I started by ripping of bits of clay and building them up over a bowl which was covered in cling film , this is so the piece didn't stick to the bowl. When this had hardened up a bit the piece was then taken of the bowl and a prop is placed on the inside due to it being slightly heavier on one part of the sculpture and this was to support the piece.

                                                                     Using paper clay

                                                              I absolutely love this texture!!

My other favourite part is the ends of the trunk 

Setting up the studio!

Here are a few piccys of  the barn being turned into a studio for me to work in. I am going to be using the stable for a working area and this is where I will be using my pottery wheel and I will have all my equipment like my glaze table, wedging table , damp cupboard, shelves to store work. Then in the corner of the barn I will have my kiln.

                        The stable in progress, i am going to have some lights fitted soon.:)

                                    My Kiln!! Im so excited , I cant wait to start using it.
                                  It needs a couple of test firings first to check everything is working.